The 935-square-foot house was moved overnight Tuesday from its original location at 1812 Illinois Street to 410 Ninth Street.

According to Golden's historic preservation board, the house built in 1923 by John Gray, who owned a service station on the corner next door, is an important piece of city history. But the college needed the land on Illinois Street for a new welcome center.

And so the house's journey began on March 26 when the city, hoping to preserve the house, announced that it would be given away to anyone who could move it to a new location.

Sam Kimbriel, of Easy Street Properties, acquired the dwelling. Moving it -- at a cost of at least $70,000, Kimbriel said -- was quite the process.

Streets along the house's travel route had to be temporarily closed and cleared of vehicles. Power lines were moved and even the weather had to cooperate.

The house was originally scheduled to be moved on July 29, but heavy rains and mud twice delayed the move. On Tuesday, the stars and the weather aligned and the move began around 10 p.m.

Dozens of Golden residents came out to watch the house roll by on wheels.

The house moved about three feet per minute and took about 3 1/2 hours to get from its old address to its new address. At times it stood still, as crews cleared the path of downed power lines and tree branches.

The house came within inches of hitting a building at one point, and almost hit a Chevy Blazer. About a half-dozen men literally picked up the several-thousand-pound SUV with their bare hands to move it out of the way.

The house itself lost a few bricks from its chimney said Bob Haxel, one of its new owners. He and Cindy Haxel plan to use the home for their business, the Golden Well Being Collective, which would offer customers massages, acupuncture and other services.

Before the move, the historic house was valued at $207,000, not counting the land, according to the Jefferson County Assessor's property records.